While the 2004 Olympics were going on in Athens, Greece, Jarrod Shoemaker ‘04 had just graduated from Dartmouth and was just getting his feet wet in the world of triathlons. Now, just a little more than three years later, Shoemaker has earned a spot on the United States squad that will be heading to Beijing to compete in the 2008 Olympics. More »
I’m an absolute sports junkie. If I weren’t, I wouldn’t be writing this column. I also happen to be the son of a Dartmouth-educated father, whose first stuffed animal was a teddy bear with a Dartmouth green sweater with a large white D on it (originally enough, I named him “D-Bear.”) Unlike most people out there, I was brought up looking for Dartmouth football/basketball scores on the ESPN crawl at the bottom of the television. So it was only natural that once I ended up here I would attend every football game. But I understand why people wouldn’t. More »
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